Some people get caught up in the “Do it Yourself” movement and decide to represent themselves in a divorce. After all, how hard can it be? They’re thinking: Texas is a 50-50 property state, so you divide everything equally. Then you use standard visitation and child support guidelines. You just write down what you want and the Judge will straighten …

I often run into a client or potential client who seems unreasonably confident about the outcome of his or her divorce case. The reason usually is that they have heard and believed some common myths about how the divorce litigation system works. At the risk of damaging some happy feelings, I find it’s necessary to expose some of the worst …